The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
BILLY SUNDAYJesus Christ was God’s revenue officer.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Religion needs a baptism of horse sense.
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You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land.
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If you want to drive the devil out of the world, hit him with a cradle instead of a crutch
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The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
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And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don’t know me yet.
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America didn’t need repeal, she needed repentance!
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When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.
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When the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.
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More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
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There is a mighty power in a mother’s hand. There’s more power in a woman’s hand than there is in a king’s scepter. And there is a mighty power in a mother’s kiss – inspiration, courage, hope, ambition, in a mother’s kiss.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God’s Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I’ll quit preaching.
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Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.
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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.
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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
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I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!
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Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren’t looking!
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You can’t raise the standard of women’s morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.
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